Yet grazing fees remain puzzlingly low.
Climate Change and the West
A sardonic social media account gains popularity from taking down sacred ski idols and imagining a future without snow.
This threatened tree feeds and shelters the high country.
Mushers and sled dogs adapt to warmer temperatures and worse trail conditions at the world-famous race.
Drought can stress trees to death, but heat’s effects are less known. New research could hold the keys to protecting conifer forests.
A new report highlights recovery solutions to fires, droughts and other climate catastrophes.
There’s a historic reckoning in the Colorado River Basin — and Katie Hobbs is here to play hard ball.
Jake Bittle’s new book foregrounds the experience of those already affected by a worsening climate.
Scientists say collecting and studying the carcasses felled from wind and solar facilities can unlock new insights.
Over the past decade, they’ve destroyed 246% more homes and buildings.
Many have moved to the nation’s fastest growing city seeking community as well as a better life. Few are finding it.
The president has riled up just about everyone with his public-land policies. Maybe that’s a good thing.
The state’s legislative session has just begun. Here are the bills climate activists are watching.
What comes next for Lake Powell?
‘You can’t put half a whale in a little home freezer.’
The rundown on what scientists find actually works to protect forests and homes.
In 2016, David Cottrell dropped $400 worth of rock on Washaway Beach to see what would happen. Now engineers are watching, too.
That could doom the state’s plan to fight climate change with the help of nature.
Kelley Coleman’s 9-year-old son had two days of his medication left. Then the evacuation order hit.
Frozen rivers are vital transportation routes for communities outside the state’s traditional road system.
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